Following a disappointing season in which the UCLA men’s soccer team failed to meet much of what was expected of them, good news has followed as threemembers of the team were selected in the Major League Soccer draft.

Drafted at No. 1 overall by the Washington Wizards was sophomore midfielder Chance Myers, making him the fourth player in program history to land the top spot, while Tony Beltran was selected third by Real Salt Lake.

Senior defender Mike Zaher went 30th to Toronto FC.

“I can’t really describe it,” Myers said on the ESPN telecast. “Looking at that list (of No. 1 draft picks), those are some big shoes to fill, but I’m excited to get going.”

Marvell Wynne (2006), Steve Shak (2000) and Tahj Jakins (1997) are the other UCLA players to be chosen No. 1.

For the first time, the UCLA baseball team has been ranked No. 1 in Baseball America’s preseason top-25 poll.

Last season the Bruins finished 33-28 overall and 14-10 in the Pacific-10 Conference while advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time since 2000. They’ll return key players and all-Pac-10 honorees in juniors Brandon Crawford, Jermaine Curtis and Cody Decker, as well as sophomore Gabe Cohen.

USC’s Amy Rodriguez and Lauren Cheney and Christina DiMartino of UCLA were on the U.S. women’s soccer team that defeated China 1-0 Sunday to win the Four Nations Cup. Cheney, who will be a junior for the Bruins next season, was a starter in the game while Rodriguez entered late, substituting for Abby Wambach.

DiMartino had an assist in her first national team appearance in a 4-1 tournament victory against Finland, setting up Cheney for her second career goal with the U.S. Rodriguez scored two goals in a 4-0 defeat of Canada in the opening game of the tournament.

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